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Re: Customized Debian - Was: What are some common problems when using Debian GNU / LINUX?



On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 01:38:03PM CET, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> said:
> 
> At the end-user level I think Debian has a logical flaw.
> It presumes that all software is always available in a repository (be
> it FOSS/proprietary, trusted/untrusted, whatever distinction).
> Yesterday I found a program (in beta) whose functional writeup was
> interesting. In the latest revision a deb package was added to the
> previously available formats. I downloaded the package with my
> Windows machine (it was available at the instant). I now have a deb
> package on a flash drive which Debian can read but has no built-in
> convenient method to install.

gdebi is now your friend


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